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Example sentences for "echelons"

Lexicographically close words:
eche; echei; echelon; echeloned; echelonned; echevins; eching; echini; echinococcus; echinoderms
  1. Since decisionmaking powers rest in the top echelons of the party, the ministries function almost exclusively as administrative agencies.

  2. The MRI CSH will replace the FH and GH at echelons above corps.

  3. The MRI CSH will be located in the corps and at echelons above corps.

  4. The TAML is the specialized echelons above corps (EAC) laboratory that provides clinical and nonclinical medical laboratory support.

  5. And so, I'm very much afraid, is every other member of the upper echelons whose heart was in no better condition than his.

  6. You see, sir, we learned from the two men captured on Mars about your practice of having the two highest echelons of your organization attend significant hearings in the Tribunal Hall through the Assembly Circuit.

  7. There were two echelons in the ninth convoy.

  8. The prescribed amount of civilian medical supplies proved to be inadequate, a situation which placed an undue burden upon the medical units and facilities of all echelons of the Sixth Army.

  9. There were four echelons in the seventh convoy.

  10. Requests for support were to be screened as they passed through the various echelons for approval.

  11. Each of the two echelons of the fourth convoy had 3 transports, but only the first one had an escort--6 destroyers and 4 coast defense vessels.

  12. The fact that judges and lay assessors are elected indicates that the party echelons can control the workings of the judicial machinery.

  13. The Central Committee is an operating body and is made up of important members of the party, although they rank below the small group that has reached the top echelons of the structure.

  14. The allies were advancing in beautiful order; while confusion was already visible in the enemy’s ranks, as their left attempted to retire by echelons of divisions--a dangerous movement when badly executed.

  15. With excellent judgment, the colonel, leaving the left wing of his regiment in line, threw his right into echelons of companies, and ordered it to form line upon the left.

  16. MAG-11 squadrons moved forward from New Caledonia to Espiritu Santo to be closer to the battle scene; the flight echelons now could operate forward to Guadalcanal and with relative ease.

  17. New fighter and bomber squadrons from both the 1st and 2d Wings sent their flight echelons forward on a regular basis.

  18. Succeeding echelons of the division’s forces all got their share of labor on the docks as various shipping groups arrived and the time grew shorter.

  19. They serviced the ground and air combat echelons with leaflets as needed.

  20. With one of these echelons there was even an armed encounter.

  21. Figures in the top echelons of the military had spoken.

  22. He distinguished himself at Austerlitz in that admirable march in echelons effected under the enemy's fire.

  23. In such a case it is quite suitable; for it is then certain that the defensive army being forced to remain within its intrenchments, there is no danger of its attacking the echelons in flank.

  24. This order by echelons was adopted by Laudon for the attack of the intrenched camp of Buntzelwitz.

  25. The oblique order is so far from being a mere fancy that we see it used when the order is that by echelons on one wing, (Fig.

  26. Meanwhile the echelons of supply in the rear are acting in the same manner.

  27. This alone would have prevented us carrying on a further attack, as no army can run away from its echelons of supply.

  28. He was a heavy-set man, heavy of face and he still affected the shaven head, now rapidly disappearing among upper-echelons of the Party.

  29. It seems to fester worse among the middle echelons of .

  30. Meanwhile, the actual government was still largely in the hands of the lower echelons of the priesthood.

  31. To the contrary, it didn’t take long in the Section before anybody with open eyes could see that Ross Metaxa was privy to the decisions made by the upper echelons of UP.

  32. The highest echelons of the Yeltsin entourage - perhaps even Yeltsin himself - may be implicated - or exonerated.

  33. Acceleration fees are collected mostly by mid-ranking bureaucrats and middle rung decision makers in both the political echelons and the civil service.

  34. The board's recommendations were well received, at least in the highest echelons of the War Department.

  35. This was the kind of talk commanders understood, and as the order filtered down to the lower echelons its terms became even more explicit.

  36. The order in echelons is as good in attack as in retreat; since the echelons mutually support each other.

  37. Instantly the charge was made, and, of course, in echelons of half squadrons, extending to the right.

  38. The column is divided into two echelons or sections of eighty lorries, each of which works independently of the other.

  39. Briefly, the system is as follows: The echelons load and deliver rations on alternate days--that is to say, No.

  40. Since the personnel of the lower echelons will be of small value and easy of replacement, it is of little moment whether or not they become involved in reverses affecting the still lower echelons whose activities they direct.

  41. A decision having been arrived at, by two o'clock orders were published at Flavigny for an advance by echelons from the left wing.

  42. Colonel Count von Ysenburg held the eastern outlets of the village, and withdrew his troops by alternate echelons through Gemigmy in good order.

  43. The assignment of tasks to subordinates is an essential function of the chain of command, applicable to all of the echelons of command, from the highest to the lowest (page 12).

  44. When deemed advisable, unless secrecy or other considerations forbid, paragraph 1 may include statements of the general plans of various higher echelons in the chain of command.

  45. The relationships existing among the echelons of command, with reference to objectives, have previously been noted.

  46. As the echelons of command are ascended, the details involved become more and more numerous, because of the increased scope of the problems.

  47. If desired, indicate the tasks and general objectives of higher echelons and of coordinate forces of the commander's echelon, and of other forces of the command, not listed in the Task Organization.

  48. The Order Form assists in the solution of the problem by providing a comprehensive vehicle with which all echelons are familiar.

  49. The character and magnitude of the objective of the highest echelon involved will have considerable bearing upon the number of echelons required for its attainment.

  50. On occasion, also, the full scope of the appropriate effect desired may require consideration of the objectives of higher echelons in the chain of command, so far as such objectives may be known or deduced.


  51. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "echelons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.